+Lorien99 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I'm having a problem with pocket queries. I have a Garmin, and I believe it takes .gpx files. I leave the .gpx selected when I submit my query. When I download the resulting file, it is consistently a .loc file, and, assuming I have transferred the file correctly to my device, my device can't read the file. The first time it happened, I thought it was my error. I am now positive that it is not. Does anyone else have this issue? Is there a way to get around it? Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 I have always waited for the PQ to be emailed to me, and download/extract/transfer to GPS from there. Quote Link to comment
+Lorien99 Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 2 minutes ago, K13 said: I have always waited for the PQ to be emailed to me, and download/extract/transfer to GPS from there. How long does it take for the email to come through? It has been over an hour and still no email. I know it's the correct email address. Quote Link to comment
+K13 Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 It varies for me, probably depends on server use at the time, but anywhere from 10 minutes to a few hours. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Lorien99 Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 I just found a better way! In my browser, I went to My Lists and selected the 3 dots after the list I wanted to send to my Garmin. There's an option "Send to Garmin" (which I swear wasn't there before, but maybe I'm confused and was looking at the app before). Anyway, after clicking that option, it opened Garmin Express on my laptop, and when I connected my Garmin to my laptop, it all transferred to my Garmin with a few more clicks (next time, I'll try to remember to write down what I did, so I can help others). It showed up on my device in the Geocaching folder with all the cache names intact. Woo hoo!!!! This bypasses PQs. (Are we really limited to 1000 PQs in our lifetime?) Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, Lorien99 said: How long does it take for the email to come through? It has been over an hour and still no email. I know it's the correct email address. Did you select a Day and actually run the query? Select the tab "Pocket Queries Ready for Download (xx)". Click on the PQ's name. The query will be created immediately. Hans 1 Quote Link to comment
+Lorien99 Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, HHL said: Did you select a Day and actually run the query? Select the tab "Pocket Queries Ready for Download (xx)". Click on the PQ's name. The query will be created immediately. Hans Hmmmm...good question. I gave it a name (I neglected this on my first attempt, and it bounced back to me). I didn't check a day, but I did check "run this query once and then delete it" (I don't see the point of running it every day forever). My email and format were already set to what I wanted. Then I clicked "submit information," which I assumed ran the PQ. Then I got a page saying I could download the file with a link, so I used that link (that link was a .loc file, though). Quote Link to comment
+Lorien99 Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 58 minutes ago, HHL said: Apparently it says: you got an email with a link? Hans I think it did. I can't find the page using my browser's history, so I can't be 100% sure. Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Go there and hit the PQ's name: https://www.geocaching.com/pocket/#DownloadablePQs Hans Quote Link to comment
+Lorien99 Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 23 minutes ago, HHL said: Go there and hit the PQ's name: https://www.geocaching.com/pocket/#DownloadablePQs Hans There's nothing there. Clearly, I did something wrong. From that link you posted, I found step by step instructions and tips on constructing PQs here: https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=7&pgid=118 Quote Link to comment
+HHL Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Just now, Lorien99 said: There's nothing there Then you didn't run the PQ. Quote Link to comment
+Lorien99 Posted April 10, 2019 Author Share Posted April 10, 2019 12 minutes ago, HHL said: Then you didn't run the PQ. I started over and was able to successfully run a PQ for caches in a 50 mile radius of home. The email came instantly. Thanks for your help! 1 Quote Link to comment
+NanCycle Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 2 hours ago, HHL said: Then you didn't run the PQ. Yep. You created the PQ, but did not run it. Quote Link to comment
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